Album
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
1960 · Rock, Blues
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger is a Rock album by Bo Diddley, originally released in 1960. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
Bo Diddley saw a trend he could get behind with early TV’s embrace of Western heroes. Later to become a deputy sheriff himself (in Valencia County, New Mexico), the rock and roll architect posed in Tulsa with six-guns and guitar for the cover of <i>Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger</i> (1960). While not exactly a concept album, Bo’s fifth LP did bend the imagery to his own uses: “Gun Slinger” is a textbook Diddley-beat workout that imagines our man at the O.K. Corral, while “Cheyenne” celebrates the television hero. Those cuts blend well with the rest of the offbeat business at hand, which includes “Doing the Crawdaddy,” a non sequitur would-be dance-craze tune; a convincing take on “Sixteen Tons”; and the double entendre “Ride On Josephine.” This remaster contains five bonus tracks, key performances in their own right, amended to the original 10-cut set.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Gunslinger
- A2Ride On Josephine
- A3Doing The Craw-Daddy
- A4Cadillac
- A5Somewhere
Side B
- B1Cheyenne
- B2Sixteen Tons
- B3Whoa Mule (Shine)
- B4No More Lovin'
- B5Diddling
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Rock & Roll
- raw
- playful
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bo DiddleyLEAD VOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS , GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR
- Peggy JonesGUITAR BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Unknown ArtistBASS PIANO VOCALS
- Billy DowningDRUMS
- Billy StewartPIANO
- Bobby BaskervilleBASS
- Clifton JamesDRUMS
- Frank KirklandDRUMS
- Gene BargeSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Gloria MorganBACKING VOCALS
- Jesse James JohnsonBASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Lafayette LeakePIANO
- Lily "Bee Bee" JamiesonBACKING VOCALS
- Otis SpannPIANO
- VivianBACKING VOCALS
- Willie DixonBASS
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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